#thread-legged bug

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Is not stick

Is not walking stick

Is not stick bug

Is bug tho

[every-day-creechur]

Empicoris egregius

A species of thread-legged bug, or assassin bug, found in East Asia.

image by zdk0812

[humblegrub]

do you know about the subfamily Emesinae in Reduviidae? i did not until very recently and now i have to share the joy. they are assassin bugs cosplaying as stick bugs i love them

eheheh

no silly business here...

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[onenicebugperday]

Found this friend, not sure what it is? Its front legs were like the ones you find on a mantis (they're folded in the photo). Any clue of what it could be?

Oh myyyyyy what a great find! It’s a thread-legged bug. I’ve never seen one in person and I’d lose my mind if I did. You’re right, they have the grasping front limbs similar to mantids which they use to catch their prey. They’re actually a type of assassin bug, though, in the family Reduviidae. Here’s a clearer picture of a similar species for your enjoyment:

Photo by Carlos De Soto Molinari

Thanks so much for sharing! As always, submissions don’t count towards the one (1) nice bug per day.

[ecuadorlife]

Thread-legged Assassin Bug, Reduviidae: Emesinae by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: ID by Perk's images from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Found this thread-legged assassin bug (Emesaya brevipennis) on the screen of my porch last night. It’s so long a stringy-looking, it’s impossible to show how weird it is with just one photo. Check out the spikes on those forelegs!

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

This is a cruddy photo, because I am still duking it out with the new digicam (why is it defaulting to an ISO of 800 or more, old similar cam defaulted to ISO of 320 or 400???), but it’s a new thread-legged bug for the yard, Empicoris errabundus, which is pretty cool.